CATALOGUE OF DIURNAL LKPIDOPTEllA. 9 



There is one very faded specimen of this species in the Col- 

 lection. 



5. Taygetis Chelys. 



PapQio Chelys, Fabricius, Ent. Sijst. iii. pt. 1. p. 80. n 249 



(1793). 

 Satj-rus Chelys, Oodart, Enc. Meth. ix. p. 484. n. 21 (1819). 

 Taygetis Chelys, Westwood in Gen. Biurn. Lepid. p. 356. n. 3 



(1851). 



Brazil. ^ , B.M. 



Var. Aloe postica) suhtus fascia obseuriorc castaneo-fusca sub- 

 costali. 



Brazil. ^ 2 , B.M. 



6. Taygetis YptMma. 



Taygetis Ypthima, Hlllner, Samml. exot. Schmctt. ii. pi. 83. 

 figs. 3, 4 (180G). 



Brazil. 



This species seems to be very closely allied to Chelys. There are 

 no specimens of it in the Collection. 



7. Taygetis Larua. 



Taygetis Larua, Felder, Reise der Freqatte Novum, iii. p. 466. 

 n. 790 (1867). 



New Granada, Bogota (Felder). 



This seems veiy close to T. Ypthima. 



8. Taygetis nympha, sp. nov. PI. I. fig. 7. 



Alse forma fere Ghelydis ; supra oliyaceo-fuscae, maris obscuriores 

 linea submarginali nigrescente subiutcgra ; marginibus roseo tinctis. 



Alse subtus pallidiores, lineis tribus, oceUisque fere velut in Virgilia, 

 sed multo magis irregularibus ; Hnea submarginah inter vcnas biden- 

 tata : ala) maris velut in Virgilia roseo suft'usce, ocellis brunneis : 

 alae feminse pallidse area discali paUidiore; linea media intus fus- 

 cescente, extus albieante. 



Exp. alar, d' unc. 3, § unc. 3^. 



Honduras. c? $,B.M. 



Intermediate between Chelys and Virgilia, 



9. Taygetis Virgilia. 



2 . Papilio Virgilia, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pi. 96. fig. C (1779). 

 Taj'getis Virgilia, Hiihner, Verz. heh. Schmctt. p. 55. n. 529 



(1816). 

 (S . Var. Papiho Rebecca, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. p. 75. 



n. 236 (1793). 



